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coquet

[ koh-ket ]

verb (used without object)

coquetted, coquetting.
  1. to try to attract the attention and admiration of men for mere self-gratification; flirt.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. to act without seriousness; trifle; dally.


adjective

noun

  1. Obsolete. a male flirt.

coquet

/ kəʊˈkɛt; kɒ- /

verb

  1. to behave flirtatiously
  2. to dally or trifle
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of coquet1

1685–95; < French; literally, cockerel, equivalent to coq cock + -et -et
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of coquet1

C17: from French: a gallant, literally: a little cock, from coq cock
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I am yet vain enough to think I deserve it better than all those flirting girls you coquet with.

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True, she coquets and makes eyes at everybody who looks at her.

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Why is it that only the Pole fawns, only the Pole coquets?

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It is a game that lures a man, it coquets with him, trifles with his yearnings and his hopes, and flouts him.

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His wings moved so slowly he seemed to fly without pressure on the air—as slowly as a lady fans herself when there is no one to coquet with.

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